Anyone else waiting for Galaxy Note 2?

My problem, well more annoyance/suggestion, is that there doesn't seem to be enough context related actions to the S-Pen. Personally, if I have the S-Pen out and the keyboard comes up, I'd prefer it to default to the handwriting recognition rather than the on-screen keyboard. Or if the keyboard is up already, and I pull out the S-Pen, switch automatically.

Particularly since I'd probably prefer to use Thumb Keyboard for typing onscreen.

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Free flip cover and NFC tags with registering. Suppose to be US phones only.

Offer is only good while supplies last. I already have a case, and frankly don't care for the flip, but the tags would be nice to play around with.

When I did it, I chose orange. (Pink was the only other option) What actually is more interesting for me is the offer of 50% off accessories. The Galaxy Note II Smart Dock for $99 seems extravagant. But for half that, it might actually be worth it.

I wish I could temper my own enthusiasm. It's been almost a month now and I still am in constant amazement of how well this device was made. From the physical design to the massive, massive upgrades to Touchwiz to the amazing S-Pen software and battery life... It's even better than I imagined it would be.

It's a whole new world for me, and I've had a Pre and Galaxy S and Nook Color and Nexus 7 before this.

I tell everyone: "If you don't mind the 5.5" screen and you like Android at even a basic level - get the damn phone."

I was hesitant myself to go to an Android phone. I've played with family's iPhones and many Blackberries. I did briefly try out a friend's Nexus.

To be honest, I was initially a bit overwhelmed by the size. But I picked up the Seidio Active with holster combo. I've got the familiarity of a solid BB holster and a nice cover/stand. The stand is perfect for watching movies or browsing while eating with the other hand.

I've gotten used to the size. The extra screen room is just... amazing. An iPhone is just comical beside it. I like Android and the widgets. The pen interface is awesome. What other phone lets you see a whole month in calendar in one screen with meaningful text? The hover capability of the pen lets you perform context-sensitive operations like expanding a day in the calendar, scrolling in browser, etc. I look at the tile interface of an iPhone and think it is plain. The interface of the Note 2 is buttery smooth.

I am really happy with this phone and I am extremely picky. The price to buy outright is a bit daunting but I think it is very worthwhile, especially compared to the cost of iPhones. I sort of assumed that people would comment on the size but I haven't experienced it yet. It's a great phone.

Even if you think the 5.5" screen is an issue, use it for a week and you'll see you can't go back to smaller screens.

The jump is like going from a 15" monitor to a 24". To be honest though, I'm not sure if I could comfortably handle a phone any longer in width. The Note 2 is almost the size of my hand.

This is a great analogy.

I felt exactly this way going from 4" to 5.5". I did not, however, feel much of a difference going from the 3" Palm Pre screen to the 4" Galaxy S Epic 4G screen.

That was a minor bump that allowed games to work better and mobile sites to be easier to view - but from 4" to 5.5" is exactly as you say.

A shocking, massive upgrade that gives you a lot more flexibility with your phone and its apps. Pulling up a full desktop Web site as quickly as my desktop and being able to read the entire thing without zooming - a whole new world for me. The perfect sweet spot between a 7" tablet and a 4" phone.

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Really the only downside of this phone is that it's not running the latest Android by default.

That, as minor as it is, and one other thing:The damn plastic they use on the back of the phone makes my hands and fingers sweat and smudge it up a lot, lol.

The Gorilla Glass 2 screen, however, is awesome. Too bad GG3 didn't come out before this phone was released!

Obviously, there are already lots of people who don't like the idea of a screen at 5'5" or 6". But once you get bigger than that, you lose pocketability (for men).

I own two 7" tablets, and they are, IMO, a class different from the Note 2 (which is itself a class different from screens in the 3.5-4.7" range).

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Odd thing is, a lot of iPad owners went to the iPad Mini after trying it.

It's not so odd, I don't think. 7" is a great size for the combination of portability and readability. 10" is awesome for sitting down with at the couch after dinner and before bed (my company finds that iPad users of our app almost exclusively use the thing between 6 and 10 p.m., whereas phones have peaks at breakfast, lunch and dinner times but also lots of usage all over the map all day) - but a 7" becomes a lot more portable than 10".

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So the size thing is subjective.

Agreed that it is subjective, but I posit that lots of people are going to find that bigger screens on a phone are going to serve them better as we move along. There are quite a few things that are difficult or fidgety to handle on a 4" screen that become dead simple and efficient on a 5.5"er.

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Note may have sold well but the volume is a fraction of the smaller phones.

It still IS selling well. The OG note sold 10M, and the Note 2 was at 5M two months after launch back in November.

15M+ devices (and by many reports much closer to 20M) in a year and three months since inception isn't anything to sneeze at.

Through just random chance and not because I'm ga-ga over the color orange, I've happened to be gifted a lot of orange gear in the last couple of years: an orange Nike hoodie, an orange disc golf bag, lots of orange disc golf discs, an orange Old Navy fleece vest. My fiancee's kids decided it must be my favorite color because of all the orange stuff I have, lol.

So I'm just going to roll with it on my Titanium Gray and put my Ti Gray cover away in case this one breaks or something...

Also, thanks for the heads up on NFC Task Launcher. I'll give that a try, too and decide which I like best. I haven't set any of my tiles up yet as I checked the mail on the way out to work and haven't had any time to play around yet...

I'm with you, FunkTron. I gave my gf my old G2 and I had to use it the other day and couldn't get over the "how the fuck did I ever use THIS?" even though I had it for 2 years. Samsung did a fantastic job with this iteration. So much so that I'm finding myself looking at other Samsung products. Halo effect?

I got my tiles. It's a little disappointing that NFC service does not work on the lock screen. I understand the security issue, but there could be a tag whitelist to allow them through. Still saves time, but the hassle is there.

There's a hack around that on XDA, but it doesn't look like it works well. I can wait and hope that functionality eventually makes it in stock.

I've had mine for almost 2 months, and the honeymoon STILL hasn't worn off.

I've had the phone for 2 days. The only thing it can't seem to do is cook, but it is happy to tell me where to get food to go. And the google cards thing is frickin awesome. So is the screenshot function. So is the S-Pen. It just keeps getting more awesome every day.

And unlike every other android device I've ever used, I have yet to cause this thing to noticeably lag.

I've had mine for almost 2 months, and the honeymoon STILL hasn't worn off.

I've had the phone for 2 days. The only thing it can't seem to do is cook, but it is happy to tell me where to get food to go. And the google cards thing is frickin awesome. So is the screenshot function. So is the S-Pen. It just keeps getting more awesome every day.

And unlike every other android device I've ever used, I have yet to cause this thing to noticeably lag.

And now my ingress invite has shown up.

That's exactly how me and my fiancee feel about it. We were all set to get S3s, but then I just thought about the beefy processor and 2GB RAM and though - fuck it, gotta get the more future proof device, size be damned.

And IZ BEASTMODE!

Oh, and if you're like us and want to get to Google Now more quickly...

Is there a "Home" gesture built-in that I can't seem to find? There's 'back' and 'menu' gestures, corresponding to the two capacitive buttons, but nothing for the physical home button. Kind of a strange omission.

Is there a "Home" gesture built-in that I can't seem to find? There's 'back' and 'menu' gestures, corresponding to the two capacitive buttons, but nothing for the physical home button. Kind of a strange omission.

So as an aside, has anyone found more than just the flyers and general info pages on SAFE yet? I'd like to play around with that and see if it is useful, but finding anything about it that isn't marketing materials seems to be eluding me.

Is there a "Home" gesture built-in that I can't seem to find? There's 'back' and 'menu' gestures, corresponding to the two capacitive buttons, but nothing for the physical home button. Kind of a strange omission.

Do you mean gestures with the S-Pen?

Yeah. Like how drawing < goes back and ^ brings up the menu/settings. It seems weird to have to break from using the S-Pen and tap a physical button. In fairness going 'back' is enough in most apps, though sometimes in Google Play it takes a while.

No OTA available in Arizona, but downloaded and installed through Kies. CF-Autoroot from Chainfire still works like a champ to restore root. Then Triangle Away, boom. All good.

This update adds two things I can see:* Puts the Smart Stay eye in notification bar always, and it flickers white when the software activates. Meh.* Awesomeness here, though: Toggles in notification shade are now customizable. You can subvert the stupid auto-scrolling of those by just using 5. Awesome. Get to it in Settings/Display/Notification panel

Anyway, heads up Note people: someone finally wrote the first usable (aka stylus-enabled) flashcard app. Just bought it and it seems to work OK, but I'll have to use it for a few weeks to be sure. The name is "Memory Story Flashcards S Pen". If a decent flashcard app hadn't shown up, I would have been 100% guaranteed to get a Nexus for my next phone; this is the only reason I have to possibly stick with Notes.

From all the different rumors out there, it seems like it shouldn't be too long before the OG Note gets the 4.2.2 update.

Here's hoping it's soon, sir!

They still haven't managed to deliver 4.1 so I'm not exactly holding my breath for 4.2. Looking at the feature list, I'd very much like 4.2 though.

Dunno why they can't just release the same update everywhere instead of this region bullshit. I hear from more tinkering-oriented types that they have been able to install another region's (official) 4.1 on their Notes, and that firmware is perfectly functional also for our region.

From all the different rumors out there, it seems like it shouldn't be too long before the OG Note gets the 4.2.2 update.

Here's hoping it's soon, sir!

They still haven't managed to deliver 4.1 so I'm not exactly holding my breath for 4.2. Looking at the feature list, I'd very much like 4.2 though.

Dunno why they can't just release the same update everywhere instead of this region bullshit. I hear from more tinkering-oriented types that they have been able to install another region's (official) 4.1 on their Notes, and that firmware is perfectly functional also for our region.

Sammobile's inside source (who has been accurate in the past), leaked them a preliminary JB/Key Lime Pie upgrade list.

The OG Note was on it for 4.2.2, so again - here's hoping goodness for you!

What are the chances that AT&T will get more refurbished Note 2's in stock? Work has told me my name came up in the 'Upgrading Everyone to Smartphones' queue and the Note2 looks perfect. I already have a personal smartphone, but I don't have a tablet, so the Note2 seems like a good compromise(and it'd be free). However, they set a strict $200 limit and won't let me pay to make up the difference(too much book keeping I guess, or their contract with AT&T doesn't allow it?). I see that the refurbished Note2 is $200 but it's been out of stock every time I check.

I'm in a holding pattern for now hoping that the S4 releasing next month will knock the prices down on the factory new version. Worst case I have to get a S3 instead(or a S4 if it's cheap enough).

From all the different rumors out there, it seems like it shouldn't be too long before the OG Note gets the 4.2.2 update.

Here's hoping it's soon, sir!

They still haven't managed to deliver 4.1 so I'm not exactly holding my breath for 4.2. Looking at the feature list, I'd very much like 4.2 though.

Dunno why they can't just release the same update everywhere instead of this region bullshit. I hear from more tinkering-oriented types that they have been able to install another region's (official) 4.1 on their Notes, and that firmware is perfectly functional also for our region.

Sammobile's inside source (who has been accurate in the past), leaked them a preliminary JB/Key Lime Pie upgrade list.

The OG Note was on it for 4.2.2, so again - here's hoping goodness for you!

There are leaked GS3 4.2.2 builds already, so it's really likely the N2 will get 4.2.2. as well before both advance to 5.0. Samsung has really been supporting their flagship devices well with updates, the GS2 will end it's lifetime on 4.2.2 and it's pretty easy to believe that the GS3 and N2 will make it at least to the version of Android after 5.0.